VN Ren'Py Rick and Morty: Another Way Home [r3.9] [Night Mirror]

[Davnier]

r3.4 Progress Report #2 - Dec 8 @ 09:30 UTC (Task List)
Going to try something different with the status posts this time around. Rather than just updating in the task list, I'm going to put out new posts and link back to task list. This will let the notification do a better job of helping people who want to follow along (I hope). Anyhow, if it sucks can always go back to the old way it was.

Brain is a little fired, so I might be even less coherent, and even more rambley than usual (have been at this for like 15~16hrs, can't do math...). I wanted to keep going but I'm making more mistakes than progress, so probably time to stop for the night.

Overall, slower progress than I wanted for the first day, I was really hoping to knock out the first scene but not even half way done. It feels like I hardly made a dent in it, started with roughly 540ish images for this scene, and I have 373 left to put in... I think? I keep finding more... But also, I did like 1500lines of code today, I dono, brain mush...

I needed a bit more lead in that I had anticipated (to bridge into the new scene), so I wasted a bunch of time writing, realized it was getting out of hand, and cut it way the fuck back. It's still probably too long, but that is a problem for future me to deal with.

Next big spot of trouble is that I've (for whatever dumb reason) changed the way I'm doing images this time around, and getting the flow just right was a mess. I finally got it down to a smooth process in the later half of the day, but I lost of a lot of time fucking around with it (and WAY over engineering it). I won't get super long winded with it (too late) but I'm doing something majorly different this time around with images.

The game is getting big, way bigger than I want it to be. I've switched compression tools, but that only takes me so far. So I'm onto the second step (arguably should have been the first step, but lazy... and it's a lot of extra work) in space savings, slicing. Having a base layer, then only including the parts of the image that change. Space savings is pretty damn good too, as an example before slicing, 31 images were 12MB, after slicing, 2MB, before compression. This scene has 540 images or roughly 350MB of content, after slicing, I expect that to be closer to 20-30MB, after compression I expect it to be more like 5-10MB.

At some point, I want to do the whole game, but... uh, maybe during the next big wait, haven't decide yet...

As an added bonus (literally) part of the new structure allows me to add in blinking into pretty much every image that has a face on it. So... I hope you like characters blinking... If not... too bad.

Anyhow... I've read over this like four times and drifted off at least once... back at it tomorrow, will push hard to finish up this scene, it's the biggest one of the update (in terms of size).

Don't do too much

Well, Ferdafs did say he'd release the rest of the patch along with a Mindblowers update by the end of the week so, fingers crossed

When this is right come a little bit more work to you. you make a really good work.

 

[assrekt]

So what is the plan if somehow the additional Tricia content is released before or on weekend?

 

[villany]

I hope Morty will speak to Beth again about pregnancy. In the last episode, Beth was ready to let Morty get her pregnant. Now the question would be whether Beth still means that and whether it should only stay with this one or whether there could be more pregnancies in the future?
Morty could either try to convince you of this (nice variant) or Morty decides that for Beth and forces her to conceive and possibly future pregnancies (evil variant).

The same topic applies to Summer as well. I think Morty should seriously discuss pregnancy with her here too. Morty could also try to convince Summer of a pregnancy (and possibly future) with arguments. Or here, too, he decides the topic for Summer and forces her to become pregnant (also in the future).

Of course, the same goes for the other female characters like Jessica and Tricia (and hopefully someday for Tammy, Nancy, Dr. Wong, Grace and Kiara as well)

Just an idea.

Would love if the talk about pregnancy and Summer and Beth agreeing to bear Morty's child will happen.

Also, i don't play the original, does Morty cucks Jerry in front of his face in the recent update?

 

[yus007]

Thanks man, appreciate what you done.

 

[Night Mirror]

You including wild summer is baller!

Don't get too hyped for it, as her inclusion will sadly just be mostly cosmetic with no additional lines.

I hope Morty will speak to Beth again about pregnancy.

Would love if the talk about pregnancy and Summer and Beth agreeing to bear Morty's child will happen.

Not in this patch for Beth. There really won't be a spot for it, plus it feels like a conversation that needs some time before circling back to it.

The same topic applies to Summer as well. I think Morty should seriously discuss pregnancy with her here too.

Maybe in this patch. I'm not to that section yet (won't be for a couple days), but it is in the back of my mind for Summer's scene.

Hi, about the size, there are people here who do compresions so just do the original thing and let them do the rest? Also there is this RPDL? guy who does torrent, we can ask him do one for your game if it is really that big.

Not to get too wordy (want to get back to work and not flood people with a wall of text) but yes, other people can compress (and so can I, I have the same tools they do). However, slicing is a structural change, so I need to do it at the dev level. Size is a concern for people, so it's something I want to address. Now that I've worked out how I want to implement it, it's almost the same speed as the way I was doing images (still slightly slower, but I'll get faster as I do it).

I wasn't a big fan of the Gazorpian story either. Like you say, I find the extra arms a bit off-putting. Also, considering they do have extra arms, they don't make much use of them, which is a silly missed opportunity.

I~ don't really care about the one off characters in general. Unity, Gazorp, Keara, Planetina, etc. If they were in one episode, wutever. Of course, I'm not against them either, if players enjoy them, awesome, but they aren't character I'll spend a lot of time doing extra content for. I'm her for that family goodness mostly, but, again, I also know some people don't like pineapple, so I can see why they want more Planetina and the like.

Don't do too much

I shall do all the MUCH! Or at least a much as I can do?

So what is the plan if somehow the additional Tricia content is released before or on weekend?

As I said in my initial posting on this patch progress (in the wall of text), the goal is to publish what I have as quickly as I can get it done. If Tricia arrives before I'm done, I'll squeeze it in (that's what she said), if not, she will be added in an additional patch, like r3.4.1 or something whenever I finish her content.

Also, i don't play the original, does Morty cucks Jerry in front of his face in the recent update?

Sort of, the Beth scene is in the dark, so Jerry doesn't know it's happening, even if he is in the room. Man, Jerry has some horrible night vision.
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Anyhow, back to work, next status report as I make progress!

 

[DoctorBooooom]

Don't get too hyped for it, as her inclusion will sadly just be mostly cosmetic with no additional lines.

If i'ts not very difficult you can add choice which Summer call to the TV night/Morty's room and just change hair style/dress. Later they both Summer can know what happened (just for non-conflict storyline), because they have both mouth (Not just for Morty's big friend, but also for talking and discussing what happened )

 

[Night Mirror]

If i'ts not very difficult you can add choice which Summer call to the TV night/Morty's room and just change hair style/dress. Later they both Summer can know what happened (just for non-conflict storyline), because they have both mouth (Not just for Morty's big friend, but also for talking and discussing what happened )

I'll evaluate when I get there, but at the moment the current plan is to "redress" the sleeping Summer as Wild Summer during the section with Morticia. Will see how well it holds up when I get there. Having a choice of which one joins is an interesting idea though, might be a bit too much (art edit wise), but again won't know until I start work on it.

 

[Shark_inA-chiar]

I'll evaluate when I get there, but at the moment the current plan is to "redress" the sleeping Summer as Wild Summer during the section with Morticia. Will see how well it holds up when I get there. Having a choice of which one joins is an interesting idea though, might be a bit too much (art edit wise), but again won't know until I start work on it.

Damn i just read the Front page about the game info didn't know you where adding stuff too i have been playin updates with out knowing that that's even better

 

[strenif]

Not in this patch for Beth. There really won't be a spot for it, plus it feels like a conversation that needs some time before circling back to it.

Huh... I might have an idea for you that would save you from having to remove the condom in Beth's scene.

Give the player the option for Morty to cum inside Beth when she's stuck in the dryer. He'd only get one or two shots off before Beth pulls out of the dryer and pushes him off her (Morty not fully finishing here to set up the next scene). When she gets out she scolds Morty just like in the main game for just randomly fucking her and add having her scold him for cumming inside her as well. Morty would bring up both the porn trope and add in him bringing up their earlier conversation of Beth's last event in the previous release about Morty 'putting a baby in her'. You'd have to weave Beth's responses to both together but for the impregnating her side she'd respond that she told him they could talk about it. She did not give him the go ahead to try get her pregnant. Morty apologizes like he did in the original thinking she was helping live out his fantasies and that she was ok with Morty cumming inside her. Feeling bad Beth responds like in the original. She'd notice Morty is still hard despite having cum inside her (this would be the cut to the CG of her holding his dick). From here you can do a call back to the event in the theater where Morty didn't get to cum 'completely' and he's still got another shot left in him. From there it would play out like the original with the condom that Beth would now insist upon and the rest of the scene would play out like the main game.

Sorry for the wall of text but it might work.

 

[Devilrv]

Huh... I might have an idea for you that would save you from having to remove the condom in Beth's scene.

Give the player the option for Morty to cum inside Beth when she's stuck in the dryer. He'd only get one or two shots off before Beth pulls out of the dryer and pushes him off her (Morty not fully finishing here to set up the next scene). When she gets out she scolds Morty just like in the main game for just randomly fucking her and add having her scold him for cumming inside her as well. Morty would bring up both the porn trope and add in him bringing up their earlier conversation of Beth's last event in the previous release about Morty 'putting a baby in her' . You'd have to wave Beth's responses to both together but for the impregnating her side she'd respond that she told him they could talk about it. She did not give him the go ahead to try get her pregnant. Morty apologizes like he did in the original thinking she was helping live out his fantasies and that she was ok with Morty cumming inside her. Feeling bad Beth responds like in the original. She'd notice Morty is still hard despite having cum inside her (this would be the cut to the CG of her holding his dick). From here you can do a call back to the event in the theater where Morty didn't get to cum 'completely' and he's still got another shot left in him. From there it would play out like the original with the condom that Beth would now insist upon and the rest of the scene would play out like the main game.

Sorry for the wall of text but it might work.

 

[Night Mirror]

Give the player the option for Morty to cum inside Beth when she's stuck in the dryer.

That is a great idea! I'm still gonna give my new condom "removal" a try as well (patching images into the Unity game to change the animation, rather than doing it frame-by-frame afterword), but if I can't get it to work, this is a good fallback.

But, I also really like the concept, so I still might include both. Again, not there yet, so a lot will depend on what happens while I'm workin the scene. But I really like it.

 

[strenif]

In theory you could do both if your condom removal process works.

Like your earlier scene edit, you'd give Morty the option of slipping the condom off in secret.

But shit I don't know. It might be hotter for Beth to be to horny to care and not have a condom at all in the scene.

Between Beth and Summer's scenes there are a lot of great lines that come to mind

"Jesus Morty! How much cum did you pump into me?"

"I- I'm sorry Summer."

"Fuck, there's so much."
"Damn it Morty! It'll be a miracle if you didn't just knock me up."

"W-would that be so bad?"

"Duh! I can't get pregnant with you. Your my brother you perv, and anyway you're only 34. Do you think you're really ready to be a dad?"
"I'm going on the pill tomorrow."

"Don't!"

"Morty!"
"...Do you really want to impregnate your big sister that badly?"

"Maybe? I mean isn't it kinda hot?"

"What? Having my 34 year old little brother trying to knock me up?"

"..."

"...fine. I'll think about it."

"Really?"

"Yes, really. Now move twerp. I'm going to go take a shower and try to wash all your spunk out of me."

"But-"

"Don't push your luck buster!"

 

[Night Mirror]

r3.4 Progress Report #3 - Dec 8 @ 21:15 UTC (Task List)
Alright, finished off all the image processing for Jesscia's scene, now I just have to put them all in the game. I think I can get it done today, still a lot of work ahead, but feeling good about.

Also, decide to make the shower segment it's own scene (in replay). Again, you'll have the option to continue through during replay (and the main game won't be affected), but it feels separate enough that it should have it's own thumbnail.

Anyhow, back to work!

 

[strenif]

Can't wait.

Thank you for all your work on this. It's been awesome so far!

 

[thevoid089]

r3.4 Progress Report #3 - Dec 8 @ 21:15 UTC (Task List)
Alright, finished off all the image processing for Jesscia's scene, now I just have to put them all in the game. I think I can get it done today, still a lot of work ahead, but feeling good about.

Also, decide to make the shower segment it's own scene (in replay). Again, you'll have the option to continue through during replay (and the main game won't be affected), but it feels separate enough that it should have it's own thumbnail.

Anyhow, back to work!

Really can't wait for the next update, thank you for working hard on it for all of us

 

[Night Mirror]

r3.4 Progress Report #4 - Dec 9 @ 03:15 UTC (Task List)
BAM! First scene done (sort of...). Alright, Scene 1 of 5 Jessica's Ghost, is implemented! Yeah, okay, technically it isn't done. I need to edit video (later tonight), do QC on it (first thing tomorrow), stuff like that, but all the images are in! So that counts as completed for me!

While it did take a bit more setup for this new image implementation (mostly due to me fucking it up), it is WAY faster to actually use once it's set up, and easier to structure and follow (I say that now, I'm sure during QC tomorrow I'll be pulling my hair out with half the images in the wrong order or something).

Anyhow, I'm pretty sure I can easily finish off scene 2 (that's what she said?) Jessica's Shower. It is very small by comparison (also what she said? ouch...). Yeah, okay it was part of scene one, so I'm sort of cheating calling it it's own scene, but also fuck it. This my version I can split it up however I want! I make the rules! And there are no rules! Except for the first rule, which is there are no rules!

Anyhow, two quick fun things to share from today. First, unless you unpack the Unity/renpy game, you probably don't look at or pay attention to file names of images. It's one of my greatest banes sometimes is finding a specific image and trying to guess the name...

Usually, I sort in advance, visually identifying new images (out of 10-thousand~ish images). I can usually spot the new stuff no problem, but sometimes they don't stand out enough for whatever reason. So I get to a scene in the unity game and I'm like, huh, I don't think I pulled that image out yet, let me try and find it...

Here is a fun real example from today:

Okay, the image I need has Jessica in it, so search for "jess". Nope. Morticia, so "mort". Nope. She's on the floor, search for "floor". Nope. "Sit"? Nope. He's holding their heads, so "hold". Nope. Uh... she is licking a dick, so "lick"? Nope... "Dick"?


Ah that did it! "dicktunnel" exactly what I was looking for! That should have been my first guess! How was it not obvious?! (yes, that isn't a dramatization, that was pretty much what happened to locate that set of images).

The second one is a little spoilerie (not much), and in renpy code (so be warned) about the choice menu for having sex with Jessica:

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[Angaro]

r3.4 Progress Report #4 - Dec 9 @ 03:15 UTC (Task List)
BAM! First scene done (sort of...). Alright, Scene 1 of 5 Jessica's Ghost, is implemented! Yeah, okay, technically it isn't done. I need to edit video (later tonight), do QC on it (first thing tomorrow), stuff like that, but all the images are in! So that counts as completed for me!

While it did take a bit more setup for this new image implementation (mostly due to me fucking it up), it is WAY faster to actually use once it's set up, and easier to structure and follow (I say that now, I'm sure during QC tomorrow I'll be pulling my hair out with half the images in the wrong order or something).

Anyhow, I'm pretty sure I can easily finish off scene 2 (that's what she said?) Jessica's Shower. It is very small by comparison (also what she said? ouch...). Yeah, okay it was part of scene one, so I'm sort of cheating calling it it's own scene, but also fuck it. This my version I can split it up however I want! I make the rules! And there are no rules! Except for the first rule, which is there are not rules!

Anyhow, two quick fun things to share from today. First, unless you unpack the Unity/renpy game, you probably don't look at or pay attention to file names of images. It's one of my greatest banes sometimes finding a specific image and trying to guess the name...

Usually I sort in advance, visually identifying new images (out of 10-thousand~ish images). I can usually spot the new stuff no problem, but sometimes they don't stand out enough for whatever reason. So I get to a scene in the unity game and I'm like, huh, I don't think I pulled that image out yet, let me try and find it...

Here is a fun real example from today:

Okay, the image I need has Jessica in it, so search for "jess". Nope. Morticia, so "mort". Nope. She's on the floor, search for "floor". Nope. "Sit"? Nope. He's holding their heads, so "hold". Nope. Uh... she is licking a dick, so "lick"? Nope... "Dick"?

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Ah that did it! "dicktunnel" exactly what I was looking for! That should have been my first guess! How was it not obvious?! (yes, that isn't a dramatization, that was pretty much what happened to locate that set of images).

The second one is a little spoilerie (not much), and in renpy code (so be warned) about the choice menu for having sex with Jessica:

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One question, can I import the game I have to this more updated version?

 

[Night Mirror]

One question, can I import the game I have to this more updated version?

Are you asking if the saves will work? Short answer is... maybe? I know for sure some spots will be broken (either at the wrong spot, or unloadable) due to some fairly major structure changes. I did my best to make as much of it work as I could, but save control isn't easy to work with.

That being said. This is part of the reason why I put in both the Do Over and Day Selector menus. It shouldn't take more than a minute to get back to any part/state of the game. And Mindblowers will always play too.

But, yeah, sorry for any inconvenience the next update will break some (lots of) saves... But don't worry! Next time I'm sure to break them again!... sorry...

 

[Devilrv]

r3.4 Progress Report #4 - Dec 9 @ 03:15 UTC (Task List)
BAM! First scene done (sort of...). Alright, Scene 1 of 5 Jessica's Ghost, is implemented! Yeah, okay, technically it isn't done. I need to edit video (later tonight), do QC on it (first thing tomorrow), stuff like that, but all the images are in! So that counts as completed for me!

While it did take a bit more setup for this new image implementation (mostly due to me fucking it up), it is WAY faster to actually use once it's set up, and easier to structure and follow (I say that now, I'm sure during QC tomorrow I'll be pulling my hair out with half the images in the wrong order or something).

Anyhow, I'm pretty sure I can easily finish off scene 2 (that's what she said?) Jessica's Shower. It is very small by comparison (also what she said? ouch...). Yeah, okay it was part of scene one, so I'm sort of cheating calling it it's own scene, but also fuck it. This my version I can split it up however I want! I make the rules! And there are no rules! Except for the first rule, which is there are not rules!

Anyhow, two quick fun things to share from today. First, unless you unpack the Unity/renpy game, you probably don't look at or pay attention to file names of images. It's one of my greatest banes sometimes finding a specific image and trying to guess the name...

Usually I sort in advance, visually identifying new images (out of 10-thousand~ish images). I can usually spot the new stuff no problem, but sometimes they don't stand out enough for whatever reason. So I get to a scene in the unity game and I'm like, huh, I don't think I pulled that image out yet, let me try and find it...

Here is a fun real example from today:

Okay, the image I need has Jessica in it, so search for "jess". Nope. Morticia, so "mort". Nope. She's on the floor, search for "floor". Nope. "Sit"? Nope. He's holding their heads, so "hold". Nope. Uh... she is licking a dick, so "lick"? Nope... "Dick"?

View attachment 1536376
Ah that did it! "dicktunnel" exactly what I was looking for! That should have been my first guess! How was it not obvious?! (yes, that isn't a dramatization, that was pretty much what happened to locate that set of images).

The second one is a little spoilerie (not much), and in renpy code (so be warned) about the choice menu for having sex with Jessica:

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Are you asking if the saves will work? Short answer is... maybe? I know for sure some spots will be broken (either at the wrong spot, or unloadable) due to some fairly major structure changes. I did my best to make as much of it work as I could, but save control isn't easy to work with.

That being said. This is part of the reason why I put in both the Do Over and Day Selector menus. It shouldn't take more than a minute to get back to any part/state of the game. And Mindblowers will always play too.

But, yeah, sorry for any inconvenience the next update will break some (lots of) saves... But don't worry! Next time I'm sure to break them again!... sorry...

Honestly, this is one of the few games i don't mind playing from the beginning.

Your version, not the original, that's just a PAIN imo because of unity and (ironically) lack of continuity.

 

[AXE2501]

Well with the next installment dropping very soon I can only predict two things, NightMirrors will probably go full "WHO DARES DISTURBS MY SLUMBER" after finally getting this thing done and getting to rest. And two, the lewd idea factory is going to be going in to over drive after this.